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FILE – In this Sunday, Sept. 30, 2012 file photo, a Saudi anti-government protester carries a poster with the image of jailed Shiite cleric Sheik Nimr al-Nimr during the funeral of three Shiite Muslims allegedly killed by Saudi security forces in the eastern town of al-Awamiya, Saudi Arabia. A court in Saudi Arabia has postponed […]

Opinion: When the Terrorists Become “Activists”

by Salman Al-dossary | Oct 20, 2014 | Opinion

Saudi Arabia has issued a death sentence for a Saudi Shi’ite religious figure, Nimr Al-Nimr. The charges that have been proven against him are numerous and quite varied. The most prominent among them include using armed violence against the state and leading efforts...

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A gas flame is seen in the desert near the Khurais oilfield, about 99 miles (160 kilometers) from Riyadh, in Saudi Arabia, on June 23, 2008. (Reuters/Ali Jarekji)

Oil steadies around $86 on Saudi–Kuwait oilfield news

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Oct 20, 2014 | Business

London, Reuters—Brent crude steadied around 86 US dollars a barrel on Monday, holding on to a rally from near four-year lows last week on news of a cut in Saudi–Kuwait oil output. Production has been halted temporarily for environmental reasons at the Saudi–Kuwait...

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Smoke and flames rise over Syrian town of Kobani after an airstrike, as seen from the Turkish-Syrian border, on October 18, 2014. (REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach)

US airdrops weapons to Syrian Kurds

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Oct 20, 2014 | Middle East

Ankara and Beirut, Reuters/Asharq Al-Awsat—Turkey said on Monday it would allow Iraqi Kurdish fighters to reinforce fellow Kurds in the Syrian border town of Kobani, while the United States airdropped arms for the first time to help the defenders resist an assault by...

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Gunmen loyal to the Shi’ite Houthi movement man a checkpoint on the outskirts of Sana’’a, Yemen, on October 18, 2014. (EPA/YAHYA ARHAB)

Yemen: Houthis push for key ministerial portfolios

by Arafat Madabish | Oct 20, 2014 | Middle East

Sana’a and Riyadh, Asharq Al-Awsat—The Houthi movement is pushing to secure the defense, interior and finance portfolios in Yemen’s new cabinet, despite stern opposition from President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi, sources in the Yemeni government told Asharq Al-Awsat...

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Japanese Trade and Industry Minister Yuko Obuchi at a news conference announcing her resignation at the ministry in Tokyo, Japan, on October 20, 2014. (EPA/KIMIMASA MAYAMA)

Japanese PM Abe suffers setback as two ministers quit

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Oct 20, 2014 | World

Tokyo, Reuters—Two Japanese cabinet ministers resigned on Monday, dealing Prime Minister Shinzo Abe his biggest setback since he took office in December 2012. The resignations of the two women, including the high-profile trade and industry minister, could complicate...